Cotton-picking sack



O. l. FRIEND.

COTTON PICKING SACK- APPLICATION FILED on. so. 1919.

1,355,740, Pawnted Oct. 12, 1920.

UNITED STATES OSCAR J. FRIEND, 0F CARUTHERSVILLE, MISSOURI.

COTTON-PICKING SACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 0ct. 1 2, 1920.

Application filed October 30, 1919. Serial No. 334,521.

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Be it known that I, OSCAR J. FRIEND, a citizen'of the United States. and a resident of (laruthersville, in the county of Pemiscot and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cotton- Picking Sacks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cotton picking sacks of the type designed to be dragged, carried or otherwise transported through the cotton field for the purpose of receiving therein the cotton as it is picked from the plant.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a sack of the above mentioned character so constructed that it may be turned on the other side when a given side thereof begins to show an appreciable amount of wear so as to enable the sack to serve as long as possible in that particular capacity for which it is designed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sack of the above mentioned character whereby either end thereof may be closed, the closed end being adapted to be dragged over the ground as the sack is transported through the cotton field.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sack of the above mentioned character having a detachable tongue adapted to be secured to either end of the sack whereby the cotton may be more easily deposited into the sack during transportation of the same through the field.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings. forming a part of this specification and wherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a fragmental sectional view of the same, and,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred form of my invention, the numeral 5 indicates as a whole an elongated sack having sides 6 stitched together at their longitudinal edges as shown at 7. The sack 5 is constructed from a suitable canvas and is adapted to be dragged over the ground as the cotton is being picked and deposited therein.

As a result of the dragging of the sack over the ground the same will become worn and in order to obviate undue wearat one point of the sack it is proposed to turn the sack on its reverse side. Not only do I propose to turn the sack over on its reverse side to relieve excessive wear on any given portion thereof but I propose to further distribute the wear to either end of the sack and to this end it is necessary that both ends of the sack be adapted to be opened and closed, the closed end of the sack being normally that end which is to be dragged over the ground. As a means for making possible the closing of either end I employ at each end of the sack a plurality of tabs 8 sewed to the body of the sack as shown at 9 to allow a space 10 through which a suitable strap 11 may be passed in order to gather or draw the end of the sack closed as shown in Flg. 1, the closed end of the sack being held closed by tying the ends of the strap 11. It is therefore apparent that either end of the sack is adapted to be drawn closed by means of the strap 11 since the tabs 8 at each end of the sack 5 are identical.

As a means for directing the cotton into the sack or to facilitate its being deposited therein I employ a detachable apron 12 provided with a plurality of tabs 13 carrying buckles 14, which buckles are adapted to be secured to the ends of the tabs 8 for retaining the apron 12 in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. It will be noted that the apron 12 projects into the sack an appreciable distance. when it is secured to either end of the sack, to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. the inwardly projecting end of the apron serving as a means for bridging the space which would otherwise be left between the apron and the mouth of the sack as is apparent. As a means for further securing the apron 12 to the sack there is provided a pair of snap hooks 15 which are adapted to be secured to hooks 16 carried by the bag 5.

In use, the bag 5, having its end closed as shown in Fig. 1, is dragged through the cotton field and the cotton inserted therein through its opened end, the apron 12, in its position, shown in Figs. 1 and 2 serving as a means for directing the cotton easily into the bag. Should it be desired, as hereinbefeore described, the bag may be turned over on the other side should it show an appreciable amount of wear at any given point. To distribute the wear after onev end has shown an appreciable amount of wear, theapron 12 may be detached from 'It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is. to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of'parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure and the ends thereof, the intermediate part of v the tabs being spaced from the sack to afford draw-string loops, an apron adapted to be connected to either side of the bag at either end thereof and projecting within the same, a plurality of fastening elements arranged intermediate the ends of the apron upon its outer face and adapted to be detachably connected with the tabs at that side of the bag contiguous with the apron, and a draw-string passing through the loops at the lower end of the bag to retain the same in closed position.

OSCAR J. FRIEND. 

